[Innstetten and Effi stopped at the Prince Bismarck Hotel for dinner
and heard some of Golchowski's gossip. All three went out near the
tracks, when they heard a fast express coming, and as it passed in the
direction of Effi's old home, it filled her heart with longing. The
soirée musicale at Gieshübler's was particularly enlivened by the
bubbling humor of Miss Trippelli, whose singing was excellent, but did
not overshadow her talent as a conversationalist. Effi admired her
ability to sing dramatic pieces with composure. An uncanny ballad led
to a discussion of haunted houses and ghosts, in both of which Miss
Trippelli believed.]